Jamil Benouahi

Jamil Benouahi
Personal information
Date of birth	30 March 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Fez, Morocco
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Racing Jet Wavre
2003–2004	Royal Géants athois
2004–2005	Boussu Dour
2005–2006	AFC Tubize
2006–2007	Louviéroise
2007–2008	Boussu Dour
2008–2009	Mechelen
2009–2010	KFCO Wilrijk
2010–2011	URS Centre
2011	HeppigLambFleur
2011–2012	Louviéroise
2012–2014	Wallonia Walhain
2014–2015	Racing Jet Wavre
Managerial career
2022	USM Alger (Caretaker)
2022	USM Alger
2023	Jeddah
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamil Benouahi (Arabic: جميل بن واحي; born 30 March 1979 in Fez) is a Moroccan football manager and former player.

Benouahi have spent most of his playing career in Belgium, obtaining Belgian nationality after arriving in the country in 1997. From the start of his career, the young defensive midfielder turned to the other side of the mirror training young people, the bench. 25 years later he saw his first real experience as a head coach in a big club at USM Alger.^[1]^[2]

Managerial career

On 9 February 2022, USM Alger contracted with Zlatko Krmpotić to be the new coach and to be his assistant Jamil Benouahi.^[3] and with the successive negative results Achour Djelloul, the club’s president, decided to dismiss Krmpotić from his position. and decided to rely on his assistant Benouahi to complete the season.^[4] His start was good as Benouahi led the club to its first victory after two months, after which in the Algiers Derby, Benouahi achieved an important and unexpected victory that allows the club to search for a continental participation, and after the fifth win in a row Benouahi stated that he wishes to stay in the club, but the decision is up to them and that he has become a fan of this team. At the end of the season Benouahi declared that they had a difficult week after the death of Billel Benhammouda.^[5] and we achieved the goal of qualifying for the Confederation Cup next season, and that he would return to his family and see his children and wait for the administration's decision about his future. On 6 July 2022, it is official Benouahi extended his contract for another year to remain the head coach for the new season.^[6] On 4 August 2022, the leaders of USM Alger have put an end to the functions of the technical staff of Benouahi, were dismissed from their posts after a hearing before the disciplinary board.^[7]

On 18 February 2023, Benouahi was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Jeddah.^[8]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 17 June 2022

Key
*	Caretaker

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
USM Alger ^*		18 April 2022^[4]	17 June 2022	8	6	0	2	075.00
USM Alger		6 July 2022^[6]	3 August 2022^[9]	0	0	0	0	!—
Jeddah		18 February 2023^[10]	27 April 2023	0	0	0	0	!—
Career Total				8	6	0	2	075.00